Publication - 15 October, 2009
Overview of the Noel Kempff Climate Action Plan, one of the world’s first large-scale REDD (Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Degradation) projects.
Executive summary: "The Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action Project (NK-CAP) is preserving the rich, biologically diverse ecosystems of northeastern Bolivia’s Noel Kempff Mercado National Park while preventing the release of millions of tons of carbon dioxide over 30 years. In late 1996, when the ecological integrity of almost 832,000 hectares of tropical forest adjacent to the park was threatened by both timber harvesting and unplanned deforestation, The Nature Conservancy and Bolivian conservation organization Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza worked with the Government of Bolivia to terminate logging rights in the area. This land, along with three small existing conservation areas, was incorporated into the original national park."
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Number of pages: 27